2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (441+ words) The federal government is putting $7.45 million toward strengthening Victoria's pelvic pain management. GPs will be playing a central role in re-establishing trust between Victorian women and healthcare services following revelations about a former gynaecologist who potentially mistreated dozens of women…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (929+ words) A Swedish registry study suggests semaglutide may offer the strongest mental health benefit. Semaglutide may help protect people with depression or anxiety from serious mental health deterioration, according to a large Swedish registry study published in The Lancet Psychiatry. Researchers…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (581+ words) A longitudinal Australian study has explored the role sleep plays in the development of depression and anxiety in adolescents. The bidirectional relationship between sleep and mental health affects adolescents too. New research from the Black Dog Institute has identified four…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (968+ words) A multidisciplinary panel of healthcare practitioners have developed four practical and actionable recommendations to improve the management of chronic kidney disease. Find out what they came up with. A set of new treatment recommendations for chronic kidney disease covers tips…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (375+ words) The health minister has indicated that GLP-1 RAs will eventually join the PBS, so can we expect commensurate funding for lifestyle interventions? Failing to fund lifestyle interventions as part of Australia's obesity management strategy could lead to unintended consequences " like…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (428+ words) SafeWork NSW has ordered the college to eliminate internal bullying or "risk further action. The NSW workplace health and safety regulator is ordering the Royal Australasian College of Physicians to protect its employees and members against bullying, following months of…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (811+ words) It's about patient safety, selective exemptions from the regulations that govern the medical profession and politics. When I, and many of my colleagues have raised our concerns about recent changes to pharmacy prescribing rules in Victoria and beyond, the first…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (1075+ words) Australia's four-tier private health insurance framework, Basic, Bronze, Silver and Gold, is producing a system-level outcome that is functionally inconsistent with the community rating principle enshrined in legislation. The cause is a design problem. Health fund modelling assumptions would have…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (377+ words) A recent court case has reignited discourse on continuity of care in obstetrics. The maternity sector has responded strongly to this mishandling, arguing that this emphasises the value of continuity of care." "We know from all the studies that what…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (875+ words) When health professionals speak about climate change, people listen because the issue ultimately comes back to patients, communities and wellbeing. It is increasingly obvious that human health is shaped by the health of our environment and it is increasingly plain…...